France, Germany baulk at EU plans to ditch renewables’ grid priority

Renewables should be the last energy source to be denied grid access, Germany and France have warned, as details emerged of Brussels’ plans to downgrade renewables’ current preferential access to power markets

by Susanna Ala-Kurikka
Renewables, wind farm in Germany (photograph: Joerg Hackemann/123RF)
Renewables, wind farm in Germany (photograph: Joerg Hackemann/123RF)

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